Dissapointments

As I sit here in my studio apartment, I reflect that this is my first post from the land of the brave and yada, yada ...
[I think I got something wrong there, but .... what the heck]

This was the memorial day weekend and I was stuck in Los Angeles. All my plans for going to San Francisco are now truely demolished. I had planned to go to Disneyland yesterday - I did go and I did not go. If you are wondering what that means then I will tell you 2 facts:
- I live in the Woodland Hills - San Fernando Valley area
- I don't have a car.

To those who still don't get it; you see, Disneyland is in Anaheim. And I consider this a social & moral responsibility to inform innocent travellers that this Anaheim is NOT the one you reach via metro in downtown LA. Rather, this Anaheim is in the neighbouring Orange county.
I came to know this, the hard way :(

After starting from my room at 10:00 am, I finally reached the elusive destination at exactly 3:33 p.m. God, if I had a car, I would have been nearing SFO by then !!!
Neways, I really hope somebody gave public transportation the attention that it needs, here in the US. Rest comes later.

Crossing the big pond. Again.

Seems like I will be heading for LA this weekend. A coulleague is visiting home back here
in India and I gotta go & take his place for a couple of weeks.
I hope this trip is better then the last one.

But that means, I might not be a very active blogger for the next couple of weeks. Totally
depends upon the workload.

Day 1 ?

This is the second day of my blogging. Since I am blogging after a full week, I was wondering
if I should title this as "Day 7" ...... neways.

Finally managed to get sharepoint services running hale and hearty on the win2k3 box. I have
been having too many problems in customizing lists on the damn thing. I wonder why M$
documentation can be so shoddy at times.

Tipe of the day:
While adding a new column in sharepoint if you choose a "Number" column with a calculated value,
then you should enter the formula in the box below that field. Specifically, there is NO field with
the title "Formula". The docs mention a "Formula" field that is not there !!
Yeah, yeah ..... i know, sounds lame.... but I spent a lot of time searching for this stupid field.

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[2 hours later]
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As it usually happens with me, I am proven wrong once again !!!
Seems like u hav to click on the "Calculated" radio button, for the magical field called "Formula" to appear.

Day 0

WOW.
I have my own blog now ! Today is definitely a red letter day in my life. This is my electronic birth !!!

But, rt now I have this strange 'what next' kind of feel. Hope to get used to it.

This has been another hectic day at work and I am through with correcting bugs.
I hope tomorrow brings some surprise.